The day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called for reversing the mood of pessimism, top bureaucrats on Thursday took stock of the economic situation with secretaries of various ministries to firm steps for arresting the slowdown in growth.
Uncertainties and confusion prevail as the super policy-making body, the national advisory council (NAC), is about to start the third year of its second term. The first meeting was to happen on June 29 (tomorrow) as per the minutes of the last mee
We cannot have a bureaucracy which is hundred percent risk-averse. In fact, we should encourage boldness in decision-making, provided that the decisions are well considered and as per the law of the land… a civil servant who does not take d
After spending 31 years in Pakistani jail, Indian prisoner Surjeet Singh on Thursday walked free and crossed over to his home country to an emotional renunion with his family. 69-year-old Singh, who released from Lahore`s Kot Lakhpat Jail
The family of Sarabjit Singh on Thursday staged a protest here demanding the immediate release of the death row prisoner in Pakistan, accusing the neighbouring country of playing a "cruel joke" on them. Singh`s sister Dalb
Amid a show of strength, UPA nominee Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday filed his nomination papers for the July 19 presidential election in the presence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and a host of leaders. Mu
“I shall make electricity so cheap that only the rich can afford to burn candles,” said Thomas Alva Edison. The legendary scientist was perhaps right to predict that his discovery would lighten up everyone’s home. But what he did
Normal life across Kashmir remained disrupted for the fourth day on Thursday due to a strike called by the Grand Mufti of the state over the gutting of the 200-year-old Dastageer Sahib shrine in Khanyar area of the city. Schools, co
Jayalalithaa feels PA Sangma should now withdraw from the presidential poll race. He should thank Navin Patnaik and ADMK for reposing confidence in him. Jayalalithaa is believed to have conveyed this to LK Aadvani on Tuesday when he
The allowance of Rs 1000 per month being paid to farmers of Singur, who had unwillingly parted with their land and not accepted compensation, would be doubled to Rs 2000, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Wednesday. S
Corporate affairs minister Veerappa Moily on Wednesday said that he is confident of passing the Companies Bill 2011 in the monsoon session. “The bill is a product of company body and corporate ethics and it is nothing short of corpor
In the backdrop of arrest and interrogation of Abu Jundal, Home Minister P Chidambaram said on Wednesday there was clearly state support to the terrorists responsible for the 26/11 massacre in Mumbai. "When I say, state actors,
If only the London Olympics had an event around verbal calisthenics, our local Humphrey Appleby’s might have won all three medals. “As advised the president of India has directed that the work of the ministry of finance will be
Leader of Opposition in Madhya Pradesh assembly Ajay Singh on Wednesday sought to know social activist Anna Hazare and Yoga guru Baba Ramdev`s stand on the two businessmen, who came under the I-T department scanner. "If they (Hazare,
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who now also holds the finance portfolio, on Wednesday took stock of the economy with Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia and PMEAC Chairman C Rangarajan amid slowing growth, high inflation
Pranab Mukherjee and P A Sangma will file their nominations on Thursday setting off the Presidential race between UPA and the BJP-backed opposition candidate in which the ruling alliance is set for a runaway victory. Unfazed by Trinamool C
A designated MCOCA court has issued a production warrant against suspected Laskhar-e-Taiba terrorist Sayed Zabiuddin alias Abu Jundal in the 2006 Aurangabad arms haul case. The warrant was issued yesterday by the designated Maharashtra Con
The schedule to conduct elections for vice-president is held up as the election commissioner HS Brahma is on a foreign jaunt. And the UPA2 is yet to appoint the third election commissioner. These are the two reasons for delay in announcing the pol
Slamming the Centre`s Nutrient Based Subsidy Scheme (NBS) vis-a-vis fertilizer pricing and "unreliable supply" of fertilizers concerning the Ministry headed by DMK leader M K Alagiri, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday
Manipur cabinet has decided to introduce Manipur Parliamentary Secretary (Appointment, Salary, Miscellaneous Provision) Bill 2012 in the state assembly to appoint some Congress MLAs as parliamentary secretaries in the rank of minister of state.
